Fred MacMurray
Acting • Born 1908-08-30 – Died 1991-11-05
Biography
Fred MacMurray (August 30, 1908 – November 5, 1991) was an American actor and musician. He was educated at Carroll College, Wisconsin, and played with a Chicago orchestra for more than a year. Then he joined an orchestra in Hollywood where he played, did some recording and played extra roles. He then joined a comedy stage band, California Collegians, and went to New York. There he joined "Three's A Crowd" revue on Broadway and on the road. After this show closed, he returned to California and worked in vaudeville. He played the vaudeville circuits and night clubs until cast for major role in "Roberta". Signed by Paramount in 1935. MacMurray was raised in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin from the age of 5, eventually graduating from Beaver Dam High School (currently the site of Beaver Dam Middle School), where he was a 3-sport star in football, baseball, and basketball. Fred retained a special place in his heart for his small-town Wisconsin upbringing, referring at any opportunity in magazine articles or interviews to the lifelong friends and cherished memories of Beaver Dam, even including mementos of his childhood in several of his films. In "Pardon my Past" (1945), Fred and fellow GI William Demarest are moving to Beaver Dam, WI to start a mink farm.
Filmography
141 credits
The Apartment
Movie • 1960
Jeff D. Sheldrake
Double Indemnity
Movie • 1944
Walter Neff
The Caine Mutiny
Movie • 1954
Lt. Thomas 'Tom' Keefer
Inside 'The Apartment'
Movie • 2008
Self (archive footage)
The Movie Orgy
Movie • 1968
Self (archive footage)
Pushover
Movie • 1954
Paul Sheridan
The Princess Comes Across
Movie • 1936
King Mantell
Hands Across the Table
Movie • 1935
Theodore Drew III
No Time for Love
Movie • 1943
Jim Ryan
The Happiest Millionaire
Movie • 1967
Anthony J. Drexel Biddle
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
Movie • 1982
(in "Double Indemnity") (archive footage)
Above Suspicion
Movie • 1943
Richard Myles
Follow Me, Boys!
Movie • 1966
Lemuel Siddons
Remember the Night
Movie • 1940
Jack Sargent
The Egg and I
Movie • 1947
Bob MacDonald
Good Day for a Hanging
Movie • 1959
Marshal Ben Cutler
The Miracle of the Bells
Movie • 1948
William 'Bill' Dunnigan
There's Always Tomorrow
Movie • 1956
Clifford Groves
Alice Adams
Movie • 1935
Arthur Russell
The Shaggy Dog
Movie • 1959
Wilson Daniels
Face of a Fugitive
Movie • 1959
Jim Larsen (aka Ray Kincaid)
Borderline
Movie • 1950
Johnny McEvoy, aka Johnny Macklin
The Rains of Ranchipur
Movie • 1955
Thomas "Tom" Ransome
Dive Bomber
Movie • 1941
Joe Blake
The Swarm
Movie • 1978
Maj. Clarance Tuttle
The Shaggy Dog Kids
Movie • 2006
Self (archive footage)
Fred MacMurray: With Fondness
Movie • 2006
Self (archive footage)
The Absent-Minded Professor
Movie • 1961
Ned Brainard
The Texas Rangers
Movie • 1936
Jim Hawkins
Invitation to Happiness
Movie • 1939
Albert 'King' Cole
Son of Flubber
Movie • 1963
Ned Brainard
Los Angeles Plays Itself
Movie • 2004
Walter Neff in Double Indemnity (archive footage)
The Lady Is Willing
Movie • 1942
Corey McBain
Singapore
Movie • 1947
Matt Gordon
On Our Merry Way
Movie • 1948
Al
The Gilded Lily
Movie • 1935
Peter Dawes
Maid of Salem
Movie • 1937
Roger Coverman
The Trail of the Lonesome Pine
Movie • 1936
Jack Hale
The Far Horizons
Movie • 1955
Cpt. Meriwether Lewis
Gun for a Coward
Movie • 1956
Will Keough
Family Honeymoon
Movie • 1948
Grant Jordan
New York Town
Movie • 1941
Victor Ballard
Honeymoon in Bali
Movie • 1939
Bill Burnett
Swing High, Swing Low
Movie • 1937
Skid Johnson
Take a Letter, Darling
Movie • 1942
Tom Verney
Bon Voyage!
Movie • 1962
Harry Willard
Charley and the Angel
Movie • 1973
Charley Appleby
Too Many Husbands
Movie • 1940
Bill Cardew
Star Spangled Rhythm
Movie • 1942
Frank
Father Was a Fullback
Movie • 1949
George Cooper
The Bride Comes Home
Movie • 1935
Cyrus Anderson
At Gunpoint
Movie • 1955
Jack Wright
Murder, He Says
Movie • 1945
Pete Marshall
Inside 'the Swarm'
Movie • 1978
Self
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
Movie • 1988
Self (archive footage)
Sing, You Sinners
Movie • 1938
David Beebe
The Moonlighter
Movie • 1953
Wes Anderson
Woman's World
Movie • 1954
Sid Burns
True Confession
Movie • 1937
Kenneth Bartlett
Quantez
Movie • 1957
Gentry
Flight for Freedom
Movie • 1943
Randy Britton
The Last Will and Testament of Tom Smith
Movie • 1943
Narrator Prolog (uncredited)
Suddenly It's Spring
Movie • 1947
Peter Morely
Practically Yours
Movie • 1944
Daniel Bellamy
A Millionaire for Christy
Movie • 1951
Peter Ulysses Lockwood
Grand Old Girl
Movie • 1935
Sandy
Kisses for My President
Movie • 1964
Thad McCloud
Pardon My Past
Movie • 1945
Eddie York / Francis Pemberton
Standing Room Only
Movie • 1944
Lee Stevens
Smoky
Movie • 1946
Clint Barkley
Little Old New York
Movie • 1940
Charles Brownne
Virginia
Movie • 1941
Stonewall Elliott
Exclusive
Movie • 1937
Ralph Houston
Cocoanut Grove
Movie • 1938
Johnny Prentice
Men with Wings
Movie • 1938
Pat Falconer
An Innocent Affair
Movie • 1948
Vincent Doane
And the Angels Sing
Movie • 1944
Happy Morgan
Car 99
Movie • 1935
Trooper Ross Martin
13 Hours by Air
Movie • 1936
Jack Gordon
Where Do We Go from Here?
Movie • 1945
Bill Morgan
Fair Wind to Java
Movie • 1953
Captain Boll
The Oregon Trail
Movie • 1959
Neal Harris
Tiger Rose
Movie • 1929
Rancher
The Forest Rangers
Movie • 1942
Don Stuart
Fred MacMurray: The Guy Next Door
Movie • 1996
Self (archive footage)
Cafe Society
Movie • 1939
Crick O'Bannon
Callaway Went Thataway
Movie • 1951
Mike Frye
Never a Dull Moment
Movie • 1950
Chris Hayward
Men Without Names
Movie • 1935
Agent Dick Grant, alias Richard Hood
Anthony Quinn: An Original
Movie • 1990
Self (archive footage)
Beyond the Bermuda Triangle
Movie • 1975
Harry Ballinger
Rangers of Fortune
Movie • 1940
Gil Farra
Atomic Energy Can Be A Blessing
Movie • 1952
Self - Presenter
One Night In Lisbon
Movie • 1941
Dwight Houston
Captain Eddie
Movie • 1945
Eddie Rickenbacker
Champagne Waltz
Movie • 1937
Buzzy Bellew
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 1
Movie • 1941
Self (uncredited)
NBC Salutes the 25th Anniversary of the Wonderful World of Disney
Movie • 1978
Self
Day of the Badman
Movie • 1958
Judge Jim Scott
Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire
Movie • 1991
Self (archive footage)
Joys
Movie • 1976
Self
Show-Business at War
Movie • 1943
Self
The Chadwick Family
Movie • 1974
Ned Chadwick
This Is Bob Hope...
Movie • 2017
Self (archive footage)
A Star Is Born World Premiere
Movie • 1954
Self
Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1)
Movie • 1936
Self
Gala Day at Disneyland
Movie • 1960
Self
Disneyland '59
Movie • 1959
Self
Breakdowns of 1942
Movie • 1942
Self
It's a Most Unusual Day
Movie • 1956
Peter Terrance
A Thanksgiving Reunion with the Partridge Family and My Three Sons
Movie • 1977
All Star Party for Clint Eastwood
Movie • 1986
Self
Girls Gone Wild
Movie • 1929
Extra (uncredited)
December Bride
TV • 1954
The Colgate Comedy Hour
TV • 1950
Self
My Three Sons
TV • 1960
Steve Douglas
The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour
TV • 1957
Fred MacMurray
General Electric Theater
TV • 1953
Richard Elgin
The Hollywood Palace
TV • 1964
Self - Host
This Is Your Life
TV • 1952
Self
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
TV • 1956
Self
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
TV • 1973
Self
The Steve Allen Show
TV • 1956
Self
The Oscars
TV • 1953
Self
Tony Orlando and Dawn
TV • 1974
Self
The George Gobel Show
TV • 1954
Self
General Electric Theater
TV • 1953
Harry Wingate
Dinah!
TV • 1974
Self
The Bob Hope Show
TV • 1950
Self
The Ed Sullivan Show
TV • 1948
Self
People's Choice Awards
TV • 1975
Self - Presenter
The 20th Century Fox Hour
TV • 1955
Peterson
Lux Video Theatre
TV • 1950
Self
The Wonderful World of Disney
TV • 1954
Professor Ned Brainerd (archive footage)
The George Gobel Show
TV • 1954
Fred MacMurray
What's My Line?
TV • 1950
Self
The Wonderful World of Disney
TV • 1954
Self
Screen Director's Playhouse
TV • 1955
Peter Terrance
Golden Globe Awards
TV • 1944
Self - Presenter
Golden Globe Awards
TV • 1944
Self - Accepting Award for Best TV Show
The Wonderful World of Disney
TV • 1954
Wilson Daniels